diff --git a/frontend/src/components/charts/horizon.tsx b/frontend/src/components/charts/horizon.tsx
index bc33274..e69d16a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/charts/horizon.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/charts/horizon.tsx
@@ -43,15 +43,18 @@ export function RBar({ r, max = 1.6 }: { r: number | null; max?: number }) {
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 export function PriceRail({
-  direction, entry, stop, target, current,
+  direction, entry, stop, target, current, scaleTo,
 }: {
   direction: string;
   entry: number;
   stop: number;
   target: number;
   current: number | null;
+  /** Extra prices the scale must span (e.g. every target in the ladder), so
+   *  switching targets moves the target marker, not stop/entry/now. */
+  scaleTo?: number[];
 }) {
-  const points = [entry, stop, target, ...(current != null ? [current] : [])];
+  const points = [entry, stop, target, ...(current != null ? [current] : []), ...(scaleTo ?? [])];
   const span = Math.max(...points) - Math.min(...points) || 1;
   const lo = Math.min(...points) - span * 0.06;
   const hi = Math.max(...points) + span * 0.06;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
index cd05d13..646934c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ interface RecommendationPanelProps {
   nextEarningsDate?: string | null;
   /** Render without the section/glass wrapper (inside the unified ticker panel). */
   frameless?: boolean;
+  /** Lifted target selection per direction, so the candlestick overlay follows. */
+  selectedTargets?: { long: number | null; short: number | null };
+  onSelectTarget?: (direction: 'long' | 'short', price: number) => void;
 }
 
 /** Whole days from today until an ISO date (negative if past). */
@@ -166,7 +169,16 @@ function TargetTable({ setup, selectedPrice, onSelect }: {
   );
 }
 
-function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action?: TradeSetup['recommended_action']; currentPrice?: number; risk: RiskSettings; regime?: MarketRegime }) {
+function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime, selectedPrice, onSelectPrice }: {
+  setup?: TradeSetup;
+  action?: TradeSetup['recommended_action'];
+  currentPrice?: number;
+  risk: RiskSettings;
+  regime?: MarketRegime;
+  /** Controlled target selection (lifted so the candlestick chart can follow). */
+  selectedPrice?: number | null;
+  onSelectPrice?: (price: number) => void;
+}) {
   if (!setup) {
     return (
       <div className="rounded-xl border border-white/[0.07] p-4 text-xs text-gray-500">
@@ -195,8 +207,14 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
   const [takeTarget, setTakeTarget] = useState<number>(setup.target);
 
   // Target choice from the ladder drives the rail, the chips, and the take
-  // flow — the scanner's primary is just the default.
-  const [selPrice, setSelPrice] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  // flow — the scanner's primary is just the default. Controlled by the page
+  // when provided (so the candlestick overlay follows), else local.
+  const [internalSel, setInternalSel] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const selPrice = selectedPrice !== undefined ? selectedPrice : internalSel;
+  const selectTargetPrice = (p: number) => {
+    if (onSelectPrice) onSelectPrice(p);
+    else setInternalSel(p);
+  };
   const selected = selPrice != null ? (setup.targets ?? []).find((t) => t.price === selPrice) ?? null : null;
   const activePrice = selected?.price ?? setup.target;
   const activeRR = selected?.rr_ratio ?? setup.rr_ratio;
@@ -242,7 +260,7 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
       data-direction={setup.direction}
       className={`rounded-xl border p-4 ${recommended ? 'border-blue-400/25' : 'border-white/[0.07] opacity-80'}`}
     >
-      {/* Identity + key stats in one quiet row */}
+      {/* Identity + key stats left, sizing + take top right */}
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
         <DirTag direction={setup.direction} />
         {recommended && (
@@ -254,6 +272,32 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
         <Chip>R:R {activeRR.toFixed(1)}:1</Chip>
         {activeProb != null && <Chip>target prob {Math.round(activeProb)}%</Chip>}
         {selected && !selected.is_primary && <Chip>custom target</Chip>}
+        <span className="ml-auto flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
+          {sizing ? (
+            <span
+              className="num text-xs text-gray-400"
+              title={`Position size at ${risk.riskPct}% of ${formatPrice(risk.accountSize)}: ${sizing.shares} shares · ${formatPrice(sizing.positionValue)} position value · ${formatPrice(sizing.dollarRisk)} max loss at the stop`}
+            >
+              {sizing.shares} sh · {formatPrice(sizing.positionValue)} · risk {formatPrice(sizing.dollarRisk)}
+              {sizing.exceedsAccount && <span className="ml-1.5 text-amber-400" title="Position exceeds account — needs margin">⚠</span>}
+            </span>
+          ) : (
+            <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">set account size to size this</span>
+          )}
+          {!taking && (
+            <button
+              onClick={() => {
+                setTakeShares(sizing?.shares ?? 0);
+                setTakeEntry(currentPrice ?? setup.entry_price);
+                setTakeTarget(activePrice);
+                setTaking(true);
+              }}
+              className="rounded-lg border border-blue-500/35 bg-blue-500/15 px-3.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-blue-300 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-500/25"
+            >
+              Mark as taken
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </span>
       </div>
 
       {/* Warnings — only when they apply */}
@@ -288,40 +332,17 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
         </p>
       )}
 
-      {/* The setup, spatially — stop → entry → now → the *selected* target */}
+      {/* The setup, spatially — stop/entry/now hold still, the *selected*
+          target moves along a scale that always spans the whole ladder */}
       <PriceRail
         direction={setup.direction}
         entry={setup.entry_price}
         stop={setup.stop_loss}
         target={activePrice}
         current={currentPrice ?? null}
+        scaleTo={(setup.targets ?? []).map((t) => t.price)}
       />
 
-      {/* Sizing + take, one line */}
-      <div className="mt-1 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-white/[0.06] pt-3">
-        {sizing ? (
-          <span className="num text-xs text-gray-400">
-            {sizing.shares} shares · {formatPrice(sizing.positionValue)} position · max loss {formatPrice(sizing.dollarRisk)}
-            {sizing.exceedsAccount && <span className="ml-2 text-amber-400">exceeds account — needs margin</span>}
-          </span>
-        ) : (
-          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Set account size above to size this trade.</span>
-        )}
-        {!taking && (
-          <button
-            onClick={() => {
-              setTakeShares(sizing?.shares ?? 0);
-              setTakeEntry(currentPrice ?? setup.entry_price);
-              setTakeTarget(activePrice);
-              setTaking(true);
-            }}
-            className="rounded-lg border border-blue-500/35 bg-blue-500/15 px-3.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-blue-300 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-500/25"
-          >
-            Mark as taken
-          </button>
-        )}
-      </div>
-
       {taking && (
         <div className="mt-3 rounded-lg border border-white/[0.08] p-3 space-y-2.5">
           <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2">
@@ -395,7 +416,7 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
               setup={setup}
               selectedPrice={activePrice}
               onSelect={(t) => {
-                setSelPrice(t.price);
+                selectTargetPrice(t.price);
                 setTakeTarget(t.price);
               }}
             />
@@ -454,7 +475,13 @@ function RiskControls({ risk, update }: { risk: RiskSettings; update: (p: Partia
   );
 }
 
-export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPrice, nextEarningsDate, frameless = false }: RecommendationPanelProps) {
+export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPrice, nextEarningsDate, frameless = false, selectedTargets, onSelectTarget }: RecommendationPanelProps) {
+  const selFor = (setup?: TradeSetup) =>
+    setup && selectedTargets ? selectedTargets[setup.direction as 'long' | 'short'] : undefined;
+  const onSelFor = (setup?: TradeSetup) =>
+    setup && onSelectTarget
+      ? (price: number) => onSelectTarget(setup.direction as 'long' | 'short', price)
+      : undefined;
   const { settings: risk, update: updateRisk } = useRiskSettings();
   const regime = useMarketRegime().data;
   const summary = longSetup?.recommendation_summary ?? shortSetup?.recommendation_summary;
@@ -530,7 +557,7 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
 
       {preferredDirection !== 'neutral' && preferredSetup ? (
         <div className="space-y-3">
-          <SetupCard setup={preferredSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} />
+          <SetupCard setup={preferredSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} selectedPrice={selFor(preferredSetup)} onSelectPrice={onSelFor(preferredSetup)} />
 
           {alternativeSetup && (
             <details>
@@ -538,15 +565,15 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
                 Alternative scenario ({alternativeSetup.direction.toUpperCase()})
               </summary>
               <div className="mt-3">
-                <SetupCard setup={alternativeSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} />
+                <SetupCard setup={alternativeSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} selectedPrice={selFor(alternativeSetup)} onSelectPrice={onSelFor(alternativeSetup)} />
               </div>
             </details>
           )}
         </div>
       ) : (
         <div className="grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
-          <SetupCard setup={longSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} />
-          <SetupCard setup={shortSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} />
+          <SetupCard setup={longSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} selectedPrice={selFor(longSetup)} onSelectPrice={onSelFor(longSetup)} />
+          <SetupCard setup={shortSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} regime={regime} selectedPrice={selFor(shortSetup)} onSelectPrice={onSelFor(shortSetup)} />
         </div>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/TickerDetailPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/TickerDetailPage.tsx
index ede919b..a187244 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/TickerDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/TickerDetailPage.tsx
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
   // Which setup the chart overlays. 'auto' = the ticker's preferred direction.
   const [overlayChoice, setOverlayChoice] = useState<'auto' | 'long' | 'short' | 'none'>('auto');
 
+  // Target chosen in the recommendation ladder, per direction — the chart
+  // overlay follows it.
+  const [chosenTargets, setChosenTargets] = useState<{ long: number | null; short: number | null }>({
+    long: null,
+    short: null,
+  });
+
   const action = (longSetup ?? shortSetup)?.recommended_action ?? null;
   const overlaySetup: TradeSetup | undefined = useMemo(() => {
     if (overlayChoice === 'none') return undefined;
@@ -263,6 +270,15 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
     return candidates.sort((a, b) => (b.confidence_score ?? 0) - (a.confidence_score ?? 0))[0];
   }, [overlayChoice, longSetup, shortSetup, action]);
 
+  // Chart overlay with the ladder-selected target applied (R:R from the ladder).
+  const overlayWithTarget: TradeSetup | undefined = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!overlaySetup) return undefined;
+    const chosen = chosenTargets[overlaySetup.direction as 'long' | 'short'];
+    if (chosen == null || chosen === overlaySetup.target) return overlaySetup;
+    const ladder = overlaySetup.targets?.find((t) => t.price === chosen);
+    return { ...overlaySetup, target: chosen, rr_ratio: ladder?.rr_ratio ?? overlaySetup.rr_ratio };
+  }, [overlaySetup, chosenTargets]);
+
   // Sort visible S/R levels by strength for the table (only levels within chart zones)
   const sortedLevels = useMemo(() => {
     if (!srLevels.data?.visible_levels) return [];
@@ -429,7 +445,7 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
               data={ohlcv.data}
               srLevels={srLevels.data?.levels}
               zones={srLevels.data?.zones}
-              tradeSetup={overlaySetup}
+              tradeSetup={overlayWithTarget}
               currentPrice={priceInfo?.price}
             />
             <p className="mt-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
@@ -447,6 +463,10 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
                     shortSetup={shortSetup}
                     currentPrice={priceInfo?.price}
                     nextEarningsDate={fundamentals.data?.next_earnings_date}
+                    selectedTargets={chosenTargets}
+                    onSelectTarget={(direction, price) =>
+                      setChosenTargets((s) => ({ ...s, [direction]: price }))
+                    }
                   />
                 </div>
               )}